Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-12-20

lustrate the unjust discrimination
against sheep men by The Union
Stock Yards Comp,ny;..lhe Northern
Pacific railroad company's rate on
Car load cattle from Billiugs to Chi
cago. Is $ll5.50 also their rate Of q
double deck car Of sheep Is $ll5.50,
Billings to Chicago II this same
discrimination agains sheep existed
here-which happily does not-then
the rate on double deck sheep cars,
Billings to Chicago, would be Ss46.5O.
The Inconsistency Of the Union Stock
Yards Company making this over
charge on sheep needs no demonstra.
tion; 1t Is self evident. If the railroad
compsnies place beef and mutton on
an Equal basis, as 10 rates. what good
reason exists that the Union Stock
Yards Company cannot do the same ?
II the Union Stock Yards will do
away with this unjust discrimination
and place beef and mutton on an equal
basis. - to ysrdage, the mutton pro-
ducers will assist them in making
Chicago the greatest mutton as well
Is beef market In the world. Now II
every producer and shipper Of mutton
will protest against this injustice, and,
like the old farmer with the boys who
we're stealing his apples-throw lit.
tie turf and grass at them at first
make our protests and persuasioos,
and II that avalleth not" 'then Ielt
them soundly with good sized stones
until they come down. Let the ship
pers aud producers form syndicate
and combine these over charge nc.
counts; 60 into Q court of equity and
ask for redress, and 1 undertake to
say, we can force the Union Stock
Yards Company TO pay back every
dollar Of this over-charge that we
have 80 tsmely submitted to! And II
We cannot get redress In the courts,
then let the struggle just began carry
our wrongs before the legislative bodies
that have the regulating of unjust
charges by corporation or companies
like the Union Stock YARDS of Chicago,
and get laws passed against companies
making over-chArges and discrimins-
tions of this kind, even IL we have to
go before Z ongrss with our cause
With combined efforts We can regulate
this matter of yardage discrimination.
/ ask Ihe numerous wool and mutton
associations Of the country to devise
some way to force the Union Stock
Yards Company to place mutton on
equal basis with other meats.
GEORGE w. MYERS.
Miles City. NJ. T., Dec. IS, 1857.
tcommunIcsied.j
WAKE UPlli
rhe Alarm Sounded by n Non-Res ident
Property Owner.
Editor YELlows,osE JOURNAL:
Dear sir:
Al eastern property owner 10 Miles
City, and very intelligent and well
posted gentleman, writes me as follows:
"lhe time is uesr, when the prop.
erty owners oi Miles City have got lo
stir themselves II they wish 10 have
be ter railroad connection with the
east and southeast; don't feel lou conf
q. Mt that yours Is THE PLACE aud that
things Will come there OF their own
accord. The railroad fever IN your
territory Is just commencing, aud .
lever of any kind needs constant at
lention, aud hope the wealthy people
VI your city realize the situation, be-
cause If the railroad builders which are
SURE TO COME get their ideas set in
DIRECTION, il will be good
bye Miles City ior ever increasing
much III wealth and population. Ii is
so here In the east. hundreds OF eoun-
try towns Ia Massachusetts, are grow
iug smaller every year just because
there Is no interest felt In pushing
thugs along; three or four wealthy
CIT zens Of your town. providing they
take an Interest In the town, colud be
the means OF doubling the population
IN two years from January lst. 1883.
They with their friends could in
fuence q deal of capital that would
bri ~ more railroads, cheap fare, cheap
freights aud more people. Your town
would have grown faster II it had had
NO RAILROAD at all; one IN worse than
none, because the screw is turned so
tight that people had rather go some
here else or wait for Inducements from
other points. Two or more railroads
under different management Is necee
y ~ 10 the settling up OF towns OF
cities and they need not feel obliged
~ do business for nothing either"
"Them's my sentiments J" We
have got TO work, and work hard;
otherwise the different railroads head.
log this way from the southeast may
give us the 40 by; I would suggest
that our worthy mayor give this mat.
ter immediate attention and place
Miles City OFFICIALLY in correspond
ence with these roads; also think
that q little judicious advertising OF
town and county would do no harm.
nature has given Miles City the geo.
location for a railroad cen.